Chirac orders additional 1,600 troops to South
'Reluctant or not, smiling or not,' prodi expects 'ample european contribution'
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Friday, August 25, 2006
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French President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that he was ordering more of his country's troops to join the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, bringing France's total contingent to some 2,000 soldiers, hours after Italy received a nod from the United States to head the mission.
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